Hey guys, I've been messing around with the baubles version and I feel it's actually faster, also it seems that Jund has actually slowed down a little with the 4 bloodbraid elf MB, could it be feasible just to go under Jund? I mean, could it be possible that the deck is actually in a good place right now? or is Jacekai too dominant and too awful for GDS??
Maybe we could try 2 bedlams in the side instead of 2 young pyro? Still it's difficult to say because bedlam doesn't play well with countermagic or keeping cards in hand and it's also somewhat susceptible to graveyard hate, slowerish, and does not help against lingering soul decks...
¿Hey guys I got a question, has anyone tried a single Bontu's last reckoning in the side against Eldrazis? I'm having a rough time against the deck (not so much against chalice but to reality smasher and the like).
How are they similar at all? You'd have to pay 2 life and 2 for a Goyf instead of just B and you have to exile the creature at the end step. In the Grixis version, you'd have to pay 2 life and 2 to get back Snapcaster, then 2 life and 1 to flashback and get a Shadow, and then you'd have to exile both of them at the end step. Claim // Fame does that for BB and you get to keep your creatures. Also, I think the Fame half should not be neglected, especially in topdeck wars. You can play an Angler, give it haste and squeeze in 7 damage or kill an opposing LotV in the same turn. I am not saying that Claim // Fame is the best card ever or that it actually is as good as I want it to be (without having done any playtesting), but comparing Postmortem Lunge to this card is just wrong because the discrepancy between their power levels is kinda huge, especially because Claim // Fame can be used in decks that are not eager to lose life.
I don't want to derail the thread (sorry if I am) but wouldn't a Sultai shell would be better for Claim // Fame? having access to snap, tarmogoyf (plus travers and baubble), and being able to swap terminate for abrupt or using dismember, murderous cut, or even putrefyin any case?
Back on topic, with the abundance of mirran crusaders could adding a number of bolts to the side would be a good idea? I didn't like cutting them from the main but perhaps I was focusing too much on the eldrazi match up...
Thanks Spooly that was really insightful. It seems that I was playing the match wrong, waiting to move assuming a more controlling role when it seems death's shadow should be the beatdown... Fortunately I have a friend who plays burn so I'll be testing it the next week.
Hey guys, I’ve been playing jeskai control for a while but a month ago I decided to try this deck (since I just needed to get a shadow playset), this deck is really fun but I wanted to ask for advice on the burn match up since it seems horrible, any suggestions?
Edit: What about Thing in the Ice?
2x Blood Crypt
4x Bloodstained Mire
1x Island
4x Polluted Delta
3x Scalding Tarn
1x Steam Vents
1x Swamp
2x Watery Grave
Sorceries 10
2x Inquisition of Kozilek
4x Serum Visions
4x Thoughtseize
4x Fatal Push
2x Kolaghan's Command
1x Opt
3x Stubborn Denial
2x Terminate
4x Thought Scour
Creatures 16
4x Death's Shadow
2x Gurmag Angler
4x Snapcaster Mage
4x Street Wraith
2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2x Ceremonious Rejection
2x Collective Brutality
1x Disdainful Stroke
1x Izzet Staticaster
1x Kozilek's Return
1x Liliana of the Veil
1x Liliana, the Last Hope
2x Nihil Spellbomb
1x Stubborn Denial
1x Temur Battle Rage
2x Young Pyromancer
Could you explain why tendrils is bad right now? I'm confused about running Kozilek's return or anger of the gods...
I don't want to derail the thread (sorry if I am) but wouldn't a Sultai shell would be better for Claim // Fame? having access to snap, tarmogoyf (plus travers and baubble), and being able to swap terminate for abrupt or using dismember, murderous cut, or even putrefyin any case?
Back on topic, with the abundance of mirran crusaders could adding a number of bolts to the side would be a good idea? I didn't like cutting them from the main but perhaps I was focusing too much on the eldrazi match up...
Thanks! All those tips seem really good!
This is my current decklist:
2x Blood Crypt
4x Bloodstained Mire
4x Flooded Strand
1x Island
4x Polluted Delta
1x Steam Vents
1x Swamp
2x Watery Grave
Sorcery 10
2x Inquisition of Kozilek
4x Serum Visions
4x Thoughtseize
4x Fatal Push
2x Kolaghan's Command
3x Stubborn Denial
2x Terminate
4x Thought Scour
Creature 16
4x Death's Shadow
2x Gurmag Angler
4x Snapcaster Mage
4x Street Wraith
2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1x Anger of the Gods
3x Ceremonious Rejection
2x Collective Brutality
1x Dreadbore
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Izzet Staticaster
1x Kolaghan's Command
2x Nihil Spellbomb
1x Stubborn Denial
2x Surgical Extraction